Qualla: Kallak Mine https://qualla.com/kallak-mine en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:35 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Kallak Mine https://qualla.com/kallak-mine Kallak Mine: Introduction https://qualla.com/kallak-mine/ The Sami name for the place is Gallak. The Swedish version is Kallak. The mining company calls it a deposit of 600 million tonnes of iron ore. For the roughly one hundred members of the Jahkaganska Sami community who live between the villages of Bjorkholmen and Randijaur, it is home, and roughly half of them herd reindeer across the same land a British-listed mining company wants to dig open. The conflict over the proposed Kallak mine has become one of Sweden's most bitter environmental and indigenous rights disputes, a test case for whether Europe's green energy transition can proceed without repeating colonial patterns of resource extraction on indigenous land.

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/v/e/kallak-mine-wp/u7ve-kallak-mine-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kallak Mine: Iron Under Sami Soil https://qualla.com/kallak-mine/ Sweden holds 60 percent of Europe's identified iron ore deposits and accounts for 90 percent of its iron ore extraction. More than 96 percent of the country's ore production comes from northern Sweden, a region known as Norrland, where 10 of Sweden's 12 active mines operate. All ...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/v/e/kallak-mine-wp/u7ve-kallak-mine-iron-under-sami-soil.mp3 0:06 2 full Kallak Mine: Blockade on the Forest Road https://qualla.com/kallak-mine/ Resistance to the mine has been sustained and diverse. On 1 July 2013, protesters blockaded the forest road to prevent Beowulf's test drilling rigs from reaching the site. Police dismantled the blockade on 30 July; it was rebuilt the next day. The protests drew attention far beyo...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/v/e/kallak-mine-wp/u7ve-kallak-mine-blockade-on-the-forest-road.mp3 0:06 3 full Kallak Mine: Greta, the UN, and the Sami Parliament https://qualla.com/kallak-mine/ In February 2022, United Nations Human Rights Council advisors urged Sweden to halt the project, and Greta Thunberg joined Sami activists in protest at the site. The Sami Parliament of Sweden submitted a formal opinion opposing the mine to the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovatio...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/v/e/kallak-mine-wp/u7ve-kallak-mine-greta-the-un-and-the-sami-parliament.mp3 0:06 4 full Kallak Mine: What a Mine Would Mean https://qualla.com/kallak-mine/ The stakes extend beyond iron ore. The proposed site lies within the Lule River hydropower system, and dam safety researchers have warned that combining tailings dams with hydroelectric reservoirs within the same watershed would be a first for Sweden, an untested combination with...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/v/e/kallak-mine-wp/u7ve-kallak-mine-what-a-mine-would-mean.mp3 0:06 5 full Kallak Mine: An Unresolved Question https://qualla.com/kallak-mine/ As of late 2024, the mine remains unbuilt. Beowulf's subsidiary, Jokkmokk Iron Mines AB, published a consultation paper in September 2024 describing planned operations and environmental impacts, and held a public meeting in Jokkmokk in October. Local attendees reported that the i...

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